how bad?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>Hello, I'm applying to the college of letters and sciences or w/e it's called undecided, for number 1, and then ranked the other 6 too. idk how much of a stretch this is, but we'll see</p>

<p>Location: CA</p>

<p>ACT: 27, but math 28 and english 32</p>

<p>AP's: Span- 5 Eng- 4 US History- 3</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8ish uc</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: football, track, was in 2 clubs, and work. also did summer school</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: did finances that were really receipts at a family friend's company and also had a job there too</p>

<p>Essays (subject and responses): pretty darn good.and on two good issues</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: better than great</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>School Type: Private, does not rank</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>

<p>Gender:M</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’s that bad… a slight reach i’d say…
but i believe you don’t need Teacher recs for uc’s…</p>

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<p>your stats are lower than that of the averages of those admitted last year which may lower your chances…</p>

<p>Reach-Slight Reach</p>

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<p>oh yeah scratch the teacher recs</p>

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<p>reach - slight reach</p>

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<p>p.s. </p>

<p>i do have 75 hours of comm. service over 3 years, and i did get 2 awards. i was a team captain in football and track, and i took summer school classes at a CC</p>

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<p>Oh, now that you mention that, you’re going to get rejected for sure.</p>

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<p>oh nooo! haha. what if i say that i enjoy watching food network, does that get me bonus points?</p>

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<p>My friend put Guild Wars as an Extracurricular activity on his MIT app…he got deferred but then accepted. </p>

<p>But I’m sure that conducting research and writing a 20 page paper that made him an Intel semifinalist didn’t hurt either… </p>

<p>along with being national merit semifinalist, getting a 2380 SAT and 2 800 SAT IIs, and having straight As. </p>

<p>Honestly, as long as you exhibit leadership or commitment in something, it won’t hurt (although I still wouldn’t advise putting videogames as an EC). Putting EVERY award you got in high school and being any type of team captain is always a plus. You could even write an essay about leading your sports team to victory or something (I definitely did). Apparently UCs like community service, although I personally only did 30 hours because it was required by my school. </p>

<p>Don’t worry too much. You’ll get into a college and be happy wherever you go (as long as you don’t get rescinded).</p>

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<p>Do you have your subject test scores? Or are you taking them in December?
Your ACT is pretty low and your gpa is below the average, so I would say this is a reach.</p>

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<p>oh yeah, spanish 790, lit i think was a 570</p>

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<p>what’s the point cutoff for ucsd?</p>

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<p>no one knows that…</p>

<p>I wouldnt rely on that method either… IMO</p>

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<p>really? i thought taht’s what they used</p>

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<p>We know they used it years back, but without any literature or publications of that data, we don’t know if they’ve resorted to subjective methods (ie, a la UCLA and CAL) due to the rise in competitiveness</p>